A Greek State in Formation : : The Origins of Civilization in Mycenaean Pylos / / Jack L. Davis.

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Although the Mycenaean civilization of the Greek Bronze Age was identified 150 years ago, its origins remain obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of excavations at the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, takes readers on a...

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Place / Publishing House:Berkeley, CA : : University of California Press,, [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Sather Classical Lectures ; 75
Physical Description:1 online resource (166 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Prologue
  • About the Aegean Bronze Age
  • About the Palace of Nestor
  • 1 Mycenaean Origins and the Greek Nation-State
  • 2 Farm, Field, and Pylos
  • 3 A Truly Prehistoric Archaeology of Greece
  • 4 Preserving and Conserving Nestor
  • 5 Science and the Mortuary Landscape of Pylos
  • 6 Minoan Missionaries in Pylos
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index